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The Kwame Nkrumah interchange trotro station at Circle has been evacuated.  The trotro station is located directly in the path of the new interchange and will therefore need to be situated elsewhere to enable work to progress on the new development. Early this week, graders and bulldozers leveled the plot of land that has come to symbolize the hub of cheap transport in Accra. The trotro drivers and their unions have long been consulted and briefed on the need to pave way for ongoing works and are thus aware that the land they occupy will be forfeited. The drivers have therefore now created improvised trotro stations along the roads that adjoin the original station. The Circle trotro Station belongs to the state and is managed by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly [local government] and ...

The Accra Nkrumah circle Fraga trotro station road reopens. The road has now been raised and layered with sand  to pave the way for asphalting.  So now passengers transiting to Lapaz and Kaneshie via Circle can alight under the  old overhead bridge and continue their journey. The photo was taken from the old overhead bridge during a harmatan - foggy - morning. Accra Circle trotro station road in front of Fraga filling station. The photo was taken from the old overhead bridge during a harmattan - foggy - morning. The overpass to the left is the new Interchange under construction.

The Kwame Nkrumah circle trotro station close to Fraga oil filling station has been closed temporarily. The closure is to enable the Interchange contractors,  Queiroz Galvão,  prepare the lane for asphalting. The trotro station lies to the north of Obra spot and adjoins the Maamobi trotro station.  It serves as a hub for passengers transiting to Lapaz and northern neighborhoods of Accra. So trotro buses from Nima, Labadi and Osu will now stop in front of the old overhead bridge and either return to their terminals of origin or take the left turn to the old circle roundabout to continue to Kaneshie or Lapaz.

The Accra Circle trotro station by pass road has been closed temporarily to allow work by the Interchange Contractors, Queiroz Galvao. This newly asphalted road runs along the north of the Nkrumah Circle in Accra and provided a short cut to Neoplan station if you are approaching from New Town or Lapaz. As at 6 am this morning, the entrance and exit had been barricaded with slabs. Motorists still have the option of going by the main, regular road. The photos show the state of affairs.

This morning a team of combined personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Accra Metropolitan Authorities evacuated the Obra Spot trotro station in Accra. This terminal is at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, close to the new interchange. Its not known why the drivers were asked to move but that plot of land is state land and may have been earmarked for a project or better still, make way for the new interchange. This morning several drivers parked along the East Ring Road for passengers to board. Accratrotro.com advises passengers to pick trotro from the main Neoplan station station as the Obra spot terminal was only an extension of that terminal or a satellite stop.